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Carbon price not the worst impact: Plants insolvent as gas and black coal prices rise, as fuel prices move closer to export parity

Proof edition: The Business Council of Australia (BCA) said it expected some or all coal-fuelled electricity plans to close after 2010; and risks would also rise from fuel contracts.

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Carbon price: Australian electricity traders will need to tie 2-3 year carbon contracts to electricity hedges

Proof edition: Most Australian electricity was sold under 2-3 year forward contracts. To enter into such contracts under an Emissions Trading Scheme, generators will need to fix the price of their emission permits over the same 2-3 year period.

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Seven years shortage of Snowy and alpine rain, and high temperatures the main cause of record low inflows to the Murray system

The September 2008, Murray System Drought Update, released 2 September 2008, recorded storage levels as extremely low.

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Praying for rain: Spring Murray flows dependent on rainfall and run-off that is yet to happen; outlook "very serious"

The outlook for the Murray system remains very serious, said the September 2008, Murray System Drought Update, released 2 September 2008.

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Murray River dry 1897-04, 1914-15, 1938-46, 1967-68, 1982-83 and 2002-08

Dry periods which resulted in abnormally low flows along the Murray include 1897-04, 1914-15, 1938-46, 1967-68, 1982-83 and 2002-08.

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NEM price: 7 days ending 2008-8-30

NEM Week 507: midnight Sunday 24th August to Saturday 30th August 2008.

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Australian carbon price policy drives new gas-fired gen; gas demand up from 139PJ today; to 466PJ; $4b year in new gas and wind developments

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) questioned the ability of the market to meet the demand for new investment in wind and gas generation implied in the Australian Government Green Paper.

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Business Council of Australia begs for subsidies for pollutors: carbon price of $20 per tonne strips profits from pollutors

Four out of fourteen - and perhaps 8 - of fourteen, carbon-exposed businesses studied,would close after the start of the emissions trading scheme in 2010, Greig Gailey, President Business Council of Australia told the Sydney Institute 27 August, 2008.

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Carbon price impact: Business Council of Australia wants either, really huge subsidies for big pollutors, or a low $10-20/t CO2-e carbon tax

Without compensation, and using the European emissions price of $40/t CO2-e, the median profit reduction for 14 Australian case study businessesm using long run economics, was 53 per cent, said the Business Council of Australia (BCA).

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